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The Two hundred-and second Grand
Monthly Distribution of The Louisiana
State Lottery will take place at New Or
leans, La, on Tuesday, March Is, 1887.
when 1886, 900 will be scattered all over
the world in sums from $3.50, 900 down
ward. Tickets cost $40; tenths 81. For
information apply to NJ. A. Dauphin.
New Orleans, La.
, 1887-03-09
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Heavy Failures.

ST. JOHN, N. B., March S.-The sus-
pension Of the Maritime Bank of New
Brunswick, has been followed by the
startling announcement of the failures of
R. A. and J. Stewart, and of
Guy B. Evan & Co., of this city. two
of the largest lumber firms in this prov
ince. The news of these failures has
caused a great sensation and a perfect
panic prevails in business circles.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18
The County Superintendents.

According to a Hare's Corner cores
pOndent of a daily paper of this city
there is one county superintendent in
the State who has proved his unfitness
already by writing a letter which
lacked in photography, construction
and grammar. The writer will be sur
prised if there are not two such. The
lightning Ofthe communication referred
to above is supposed to have struck in
this county Wilmington Star.
Levin Irving Handy, of this town,
under date of May 18th, in commu-
nicatiOn to the Morning Nelps, questions
the writer's veraclty, and challenges
him to the proof. He says: "If his
statement be true, let him give the
name of the superintendent who w1ote
and the person who received the letter.
Let the letter itself De published. Per-
sons who have harshly criticised the
county superintendent, holding them
up to the contempt of teachers and
people, giving them no opportunity to
prove their worth by their work, have
acted ungenerOusly and in manner
likely to injure the cause of education. -
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18
Personal.

superintendent l. N. Mills of the Del
aware division, will on Monday next
take two months trip across the At
lantic for his health. He will sail
direct to Antwerp, and from thence
will go to the Isle of Jersey, where he
will spend the greater portion of his
time while abroad. His wife will ac-
company him.
Mrs. E. F. Swinney, is visiting her
son, DIR. g. 0. Swinney and expects to
spend several weeks in Smyrna.
James Truax, has been a great suffer
er for the past two weeks from kidney
troubles and his conditions has caused
grave apprehensions.
Mary B. Hall who has been sick
with typhoid fever the past five weeks
and whose condition two weeks ago
caused so much anxiety, is, we are
pleased to state convalescing with
eVers assurance of recovery.
Mrs. John P. Hudson was notified on
Thurday by telegraph of the sudden
death of her father at Millsville, N. j.,
from heart disease, and went thither
on the next train.
Miss May Janvier, of Maryland, and
Miss Name Clifton, of FELTON,, are visit.
ing friends in town.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18

The High License bill which had
previously been passed by the Legis-
lature of Pennsylvania was signed pv
Gov. Beaver on Friday, and is now a
law. On the same day a High License
bill passed through the Legislature of
Michigan. Several weeks previous the
Legislature of New York passed a sim
liar enactment, but it was vetoed bv
Gov. Hill, who is courting the political
influence of the saloons. Such laws
are in force in a number Of the other
states. High License may thus be said
TO be the Spring fashion to meet the
growing demands for temperance leg
lslation. The out-and-Out Prohibition
lists oppose these bills because of con-
scientions convictions against licensing
crime, but they may find that High
License is the forerunner to prenare
the way for Prohibition, as the Free
SOIL Party was in preparing the wav
Tor the total abolition of slavery. Men
and parties are taking positions on one
side or the other of this great issue.
The Republicans as party are fast ar
raging themselves on the side of re-
stricted license and in favor of making
the business OdiOus: the Democrats in
theSouth have been moving on the same
line' but in the Northern States perhaps
without exception, during the Winter
there has been predOminating influ.
ence and vote in favor Of the saloon
and for giving It the largest liberty.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18
The New York Fruit Growers at
War With the Commission Men.

NEWBURG, n. Y, May 15.-Fruit
growere all along the Hudson river be-
tween Cornwall and Catskill, q distance
OF over 60 miles, are angry with the
commission men in New York CITY who
expect to act as middlemen between
the producers and consumers this sum-
mer. Every variety of fruit will Weld
enormously. The indications are the
first consignment of strawberries will
be ready for shipment Is days hence.
During the past two weeks committees
OF fruit growers have waited uDOn the
agents, asking that they either recon
slider their ultimatum that much of this
seasons fruit yield must be shipped in
non returnable crates, usually designed
as gift packages, or else that the com
mission men should agree to lower
shedule of carriage rates. and to de-
crease IN the amounts of commission
received. Sevaral of the committees
were informed that the agents could not
afford to lower rates. Other firms asked
for time to consider the matter, and
they decided yesterday afternoon that
it would be impossible for them to make
any concessions whatever. Fruit grow
ers here and there along the Hudson
received word to the effect by mail to-
day and they propose, like the peach
growers in Delaware to do this, that.
and the other thing.
1t is pointed out that fruit growers
exchange could easily be organized in
New York, and if what some of the
fruit-prOducers say is a fair criterion to
go by an exchange may be formed, and
very soon at that.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18
The Falling Frnit.

The complaint that comes to us
through our exchanges Ofan unusually
early fall of the young peaches, ere the
blossoms have left them, pertains also
to this community, though there is
nothing like a destruction of the crOD.
unless it may be in few orchards un-
der exceptional circumstances. The
most noticeable effect as above indica-
ted are in the orchards that fruited
heavily last year. The early collapse of
so much fruit is unusual and theresult of
a cause which in the absence of frost
since the opening of the blossoms, was
perhaps justly attributed to the foggV
morning of the early part of last week
followed by very hot suns. This was a
very severe test of their vitality. the
weaker ones succumbing. The most of
orchards needed Just such a thinning
out process, and perhaps much the
larger number will be further benefit
ed by heavy June drop. We have
before us from the orchard of Chas. II.
Dulin branches of both white and vel
low fruit well filled with young peaches
the size of peas, looking healthy and
Vlgorous,-three times as many as can
properly be matured.
The cherry trees that were so well
set with blossoms are said to be in al
most every case devoid of fruit. The
fault here is also attributed to the fogs
followed by the hot suns.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18
r0r n. So. r..
Cann Maatinp-

Mr.. EDITOR The notice in the
TINES that camp meeting under the
directions of the Dover charge, will be
held during this Summer, calls to nv
mind the record of Rev. Henry Behm.
first secretary of the first Camp Meet
ing Association, of the Peninsula. The
first meeting was held near Smyrna.
on the road to Dover, in the Summer
of 1905. The secretary records, ION
the first day there were AZ persons
converted, 8 wholly sanctifed; second
day 100 converted, rs sanctified; third
day 62 converted, So sanctified; on Sun
day and Sunday night 42O converted
l9O sanctified. During the entire
meeting HOO converted 600 sanctified.
At another camp meeting, held during
the same Summer, near Dover, Mr.,
Bphm recorded 1920 conversions and
GIG sanctilied, eide "TOdd's Methodism
OF the Peninsula pages 1886 and 81.
Are camp meetings of the present
day attended with such results? If not.
Why? EW
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18
News Items.

Alexander Whilldin, Jr., a we'll
known wool merchant of PHILADELPHIA.
committed suicide by shooting on Sun
day in DObb's woods, near Camden: i'll
health and hard work made him mel
ancholy.
Russia having recently raised her
tariff on imports, Germany, in retalia-
ton, has incresed her tariff on cereals
from 3 to 6 marks. This action fGer-
many will cause serious loss to the
shippers ofgrain in Austria and Hun
gary.
High license passed both houses of
the Pennsylvania Legislature Wednes-
day, and Governor Beaver has
signed the bill. A license to retail H.
quoor in Philadelphia, Pittsburg and Al
legheny will be $500, in smaller cities
S4OO, in borOughs 800. The State is
to receive one-ffth, the county one
fifth and the city borOughs or town
ships the other three-fifth Ofthe license.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
has made an arrangement with the
pennsylvania Railroad by which it will
interchange freight in carloads to and
from New York, with the New York.
Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad. A
Norfolk and Western official states
that the company has six surveying par-
ties out on the western extension TO the
Louisville and Nashville connection
and he expects that active construction
would be commenced before the end of
Juue.
General Grant has left behind him in
his literary work monument more on.
during than any memorial shaft or in
stltutiOn. His memoirs are still as GA
gerly sought for to-day rs when first
put on the market, and the ROYALTIES
paid Mrs. Grant by the publishers as
sure her a princely income. A few davs
ago Charles l.. Webster & Co. epub-
fishers sent Mrs. Grant a check for S33
384.53, as additional profit on the work
This now makes the total sum paid her.
1891, 1898. Truly is the pen mightier
than the sword,
The Blue Laws " OfNew York were
even more rigidly enforced SUNDAY
than on the preceding Sunday. There
was an enormous business done bV the
salOon-keepers on the New JERSEY side
where beer could be had and music lis
tened to while drinking it. In New
YORK some oft the guests at the hotels.
who are accustomed to drinking wine
at their meals, bought the beverage on
Saturdayand Sunday brought the bottles
from their rooms to the tables, the wait
ers furnishing ice. During the day 65
arrests were made for violation of the
Excise law.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18

JEFFERSON DAVIS has as frequently
rs opportunity offered heretofore re-
affirmed his unchanging attitude in re-
gard to the doctrines that eliminated
in rebellion, with him as chieftain, and
it was with surprise that the old man
now he said, to feeble to make a
long speech, closed an address Of well
come at Meridian, Miss, last week to
the toast, Jefferson Davis, the soldier,
statesman and champion of Southern
rights" as follows:
But now those scenes and incidents
have passed and they only live in minds
and history. United you are now, and
if the Union is ever to be broken let
The other side break it. The array of
She South will shine forever around
The camp-fires and will still shine to
our children and chiidren's children.
The truth we fought for shall not en-
courage you to ever fight again, but
keep your word in good or evil. God
bless you all"
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18

IT is estimated that the Peninsula
peach-stone crop will produce prussic
acid enough to poison all the middle
men in the business.-PhiIadeIphia
Daily Nel0s.
IN noting in our last issue the dona-
tlons of the insurance companies to the
Hose Company, that of the Farmers
Mutual, of Wilmington, $50, was not
included, as it should have been.
THERE is more than the usual COM
plant this Spring about the potato bug.
They have in addition to the potatoes.
attacked the tomato plants, one farmer
having a planting of two or three hun
dred destroyed.
LAWYER FULTON, of Dover, was in
town on Monday. lie took a ride out
to the north of the town, got into a
race with two young ladies coming
home, and only succeeded in coming
under the wire ahead by an applica-
ton of the whip. 1t is possible with
his clean-shaven face and raven locks
he was mistaken for young man. If
he had been, he would hardly have let
them get away with all the fun.
ARE not our entertainment goers
getting into unnecessarily bad habits {?
The interrOgatOry must certainly be
answered in the affirmative if we take
the last, that of Friday night as sam
pie, which kept the performances from
commencing until twenty minutes after
the time. At the hour announced, and
the time the entertainment should
have begun, only few of the reserve
seats, which comprised much the larger
part, were filed. As those to occupy
them mostly came in after with the
necessary hustle and confusion in get
ting seated, the singers and players in
justice to themselves and the audience
were forced to wait until there should
be quiet. The possession of a reserved
seat does not carry with it the right to
delay or disturb whole audience, and
the fact that this idea seems to be fls-
tening itselfin some breasts, should be-
stir our people who have regard to the
prOprieties belonging to public Occa-
siOns, to be in their seats on time.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18
Exeursion 10 Washinpton.

During the great Military Encamp.
ment and Competitive Drill, to be held
q Washington, May 23d to 30th, the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will sell
excursion tickets to Washington from
all stations on its lines east Of and in
Guiding ParkeFsburg. Wheeling and
Pittsburg. Excursion tickets win be
sold for all trains every day from Nav
2lst to Both, inclusive, and will be good
for return passage until June 1st, in
elusive. May 1S-2w
Mr.. Q. L. DICLERMAN is again in
town. ANY one desiring fine portrait
would do we'll TO patrOnize him as he
guarantees satisfaction. lie will re-
main at the Smyrna House till Friday
noon.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18

THE biggest fact developed at the
peach meeting was that this promises to
be the most trying year ever expert
enced for peach distribution, with the
peach crop of Delaware, Maryland and
New Jersey running up into the enOr-
nous figures of 100000 or 100000
With such an immense crop confront
ing them, the finding of purchasers
rather than the return of baskets is
what most interests the growers, and
the committee of transportation consis-
ting of John P. r. Polk, d. Cummins,
F. R. Cochran, J. S. Willis, f. II. Ban
croft, Dr. Hardcastle and J. A. Groves,
(of n. j., will have made more than a
ten strike if they find profitable places
TO market them all.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18

The Peach Growers Convention
with its adjunct of middle-men from
the cities, was a remarkable body of
representative men. We doubt if there
ever assembled in Dover an eouaI
number of men who averaged up so
well in character, independence and
ability. The deliberations were con-
Quoted on strict parliamentary rules
requiring both knowledge and acute
mes. VA The part of the chairman. and
where there were manifestations of
disharmony it grew out of an uniusti-
fable tenacity to Individual opinion or
bull-headedness, rather than dsposi-
ton to disturb or disorganize.
It was the best thing possible to
bring the growers and the dealers N.
gether;-to meet and measure each
other in the council chamber. If the
latter had any such idea as finding the
farmers in frowsy dress and their hair
full Of lay seed, they must have re-
turned to the city with a very differ
ent impression. A large number of
both classes went there with a single
idea in their head, that Of the baskets
but the deliberations took in a mucb
wider scope Of thought-the orean,za-
ton Of the industry which the chair
man said in his admirable address wa
on the Peninsula regard as "kipo >,
and the opening up of new and wider
fields Of sale and especially the bring
ing Of the buyers to our own doors
When this can be done the basket
question-the return Of empties-sinks
out Of sight as no longer matter Of
concern. We think the wisest Of
them were wiser than they knew N in
stituting this convention. This ia as
pecially SO if the scheme of Mr. Polk
can be brought to a successful result
There are doubts, but so there have
Been about many other schemes that
were afterwards found to work well
One thing is certain, that the GREAT
multiplication Of peach orchards tbe
commanding place Of fruit in our aeri-
cultural products, TIE vast amount Of
capital Invested in land, trees. baskets
'eVaporators, &c, must prove a. i'm.
pelling incentive to the closest and
strongest organization for their psoteo.
slon. lt looks now as II they were q
e.s -se something more to do with their
r,... ,su,s besides eultivating, picking aud
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18
NOTICE.

b. B. Allen, Attorney, calls the
attention of the public to his large
stock of Farming Implements on
hand at the Rink, consisting of
the Deering Binders and Mowers.
Buckeye Mowers, Corn Planters
and Rakes. He will also make it
to the interest ofany one desiring
Steam Engines and Threshers or
anything else in the Implement
line to call on him before DUR
chasing elsewhere.
He has several fine driving,
Mares and Horses good size) for
sale.
Thanking the public for their
many favOrs he hopes to merit a
continuance of the same.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18

NOTWITHSTANDING all that the
newspapers can say fOrewarning Ofdan-
ger and the frequent bad results to those
who will presist in being their own
bankers, there are enough fools left to
tempt bad men to robbery. Two cases
were recorded on the. Peninsula last
week, the last that of the two old peo-
pie at Whiteleysburg who lost $3.50 be-
cause they hadn't faith in banks.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18
A VISIONARY SCHEME.

The one visionary was to indorse the
Impractical scheme presented by John
T. K. Polk. 1t proposes that one man
distribute all the peaches of the PENN
sula not sold at the stations. Such
fruit would be sold by commission mer.
chants, Of course, who would then have
everything their own way more than at
present, and such being the case, deal
ers, would prefer to handle large guam
titles of fruit in their own stores rather
than come to the Peninsula and buv.
Beside, the growers will not allow anv
man to distribute or attempt to distri6-
ute all the peaches. One man cannot
know all markets, all grades of fruit
and the human nature and business
methods of all MISUNDERSTANDING
NelUs.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18
Revival Of Canning Interests.

Indications point to a vigorous re-
Vlval OF the fruit canning business the
coming season. The industry has not
prospered in this county for several
years. Many canneries" have been
allowed to remain idle awaiting a turn
in the business which had been so badly
done or sadly Overdone. Among the
plants which had been allowed to re-
main was the establishment of Messrs.
Nandiver, OsmOnd & Company at
North East, and that of Messrs. Bowen
u Hopper at Chesapeake City. Neither
OF these works have been operated for
the past three years, bat both have
within the past week passed into the
hands OF men who are determined to
run them for all they are worth. The
sale OF the Chesapeake City establish
ment will introduce to our county c.
W. Pancoast, a real live Jerseyman. resi-
dent of Salem. He is a practical and
expert Gamer, and purposes to run the
WORK at top notch. He purposes to
eonline the business to the canning of
tomatoes, and hopes to turn out the
coming season between sixteen and
twenty thousand cases, or about four
hundred thousand cans of tomatoes.
IL Will require not less than one hun
dred and fifty acres to be set in toma-
toes to supply his demand, and farmers
and truckers in the neighborhood
would do well to make an early not of
the tact.-CeciL Democrat.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18
ISSUING TEACHERS cERr1r1c,rrs

The power to issue permits should
have been given through its provisions
should have been carefully guarded.
There are circumstances under which
1t IS necessity, and if the authority is
denied the county superintendent the
teachers must be careful not to LET
their certificates lapse.
To deny the county superintendents
the right to grant life certificates is to
take a backward step in our school
system. Life certificates should be
granted only to those who are worthy
IN every respect to hold them, to those
who are in honor to the profession and
a credit the State, but the right Ofsuch
persons to hold life certificates should
not be denied. d.--SUs8er Journal.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18
MUTUAL AID AND pRorEorIoN.

The press of Delaware ought to or.
ganize for mutual aid and protection
We are in favor of a press association
that has some higher aim than getting
up free picnic each summer.-MiddIe,
tOlUn Transcript.
The picnic is very enjoyable, let us
assure you, even though the lemonade
be highly cOlOred. As to something
higher" the hotel bills and charges for
apollinaris water are usually bigb
enough. What the newspapers oi
Delaware need is State aid and protec.
ton against such members of the Leg
lslature as composed the recent Com
mlttee on Claims.-PeninSuIar Ne,Us.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18

GEORGETOWN is the first to set the
ball in motion to organize a COnven-
ton Club, a meeting for which is to be
held this week. Men of all parties
have been invited to participate. Why
not Smyrna take its place in line, and
fall in right behind Georgetown
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18
Advantages Being Reaped in the
West.

West.
Walter f. G. Colt who went To Indian
apolis five years ago and is teller in
the indianapolis National Bank of
which TheO. p. Haughey is president
Is home" on a visit of two or three
weeks to his parents and former friends
Mr.. Colt, like others who have zone
West and found fortunate place or
position, speaks enthusiastically of its
expanslveness, its wonderful resources
and its thrift and enterprise. Just now
indianapolis is having an immense
boom in real estate Ia renewal at where
1t was suspended by the JAY Cook
tailurel and building lots are changing
hands rapidly at greatly advanced fig
ures. One of the chief causes of this is
the recent discovery that Indiana has
running undera certain geological for
nation a belt of natural gas, found bv
boring 800 to 1000 feet below the sur
lace, that IS certain to prove of immense
money value to the state. The citv
that can have the benefit of natural
gas Is at once put clear ahead of its
competitors without it. This is espe-
clally so for manufacturers, such as
iron, glass, &c. Valuable wells have
61een found within twenty miles of In
dianapolis, being easily conveyed to
the city in pipes. 1t is expected to in
crease and enlarge in every way its
manufacturing enterprises, enhance
values of all kinds, and multiply popu-
lation by very large per cent. All
the other towns in the natural gas re-
gion, with western pluck and enter
prise, will doubtless seize hold of this
gift Of nature which was not dreamed
OF In getting their land titles, to push
their individual and corporate enter
prise to the most successful issues.
One hundred and eighteen companies
have already been organized in the
state.
Smyrna times., 1887-05-18

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